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Maynard Relay for Life team the Lady Bugs are back to having their fundraiser, "Egg Your House."

This survey found that a good 65% of Americans have some sort of superstition.

Costs 1 euro. >> but you just need 20 bugs for one tree to remove the problem. >> reporter: how long does it take for the lady bugs to do their magic? >> the lady bugs, it takes around one year. >> reporter: multiply that by an estimated one million infected trees across italy... these trees are all infected. >> these trees are all infected, yes. >> reporter: and it's a battle that can only be won with chemical warfare, says this agronomist, out here injecting insecticide needed once every two years. >> the trees in one months, maximum two months, we can see restored. the new needles start to ...

From the roman forum to the coliseum, and virtually anywhere else in the eternal city, umbrella pines are much a part of the landscape as the monuments they frame. but a killer bug from north america threatens to annihilate this natural and cultural heritage. they sound like little vampires. >> yes, they're vampires. that's the correct-- that's correct. they suck the protein, and they push out the sugars. >> reporter: they're called pine tortoise scales, and they're sucking the iconic pines dry of their precious limb, a sticky mold then covers the needles. they fall off, and then after three y...

Maynard's Sesquicentennial Steering held a Duck Pluck and ice cream contest to raise about $2,000 for anniversary events.